Vincent and Cloud wached as she ran up the stairs.
She is the next experiment, eh? Chaos thought. She told Cloud that Hojo was going to use her for breeding purposes, I wonder if she's ment to be our mate. An image of Sky and himself apeared in his mind. He quickly pushed it away.
I'm too old for her. He told Chaos firmly.
You're too old for any good looking female. And she definatly is a good looking female, battleworn or not. Chaos chuckled. Don't give me any lies about not thinking she's pretty, I know what you think of her. I wonder what her demon looks like...
I don't want to know, or for her to know you. Vincent growled.
"What do you think we should do?" Cloud asked, bringing Vincent back from the discusion with Chaos.
"The most I know right now is to protect her from Shin-Ra." He thought for a second, ignoring the comments about protecting Sky by her living with him. "Maybe find out how much she knows about fighting, and get her some new clothes?" he suggested. Cloud nodded.
"Good start."
Sky had been playing with Marline when she thought of something.
"Hey, Marline, you wanna see somethings that belonged to my mother?" she asked, going over to grab her trenchcoat.
"Sure!" Sky grabbed one of the jewelry boxes from it, and opened it to look at the stones that her mother had colected.
"Here," Sky said, handing her a stone. "This is called Tiger Eye, it stands for curage and helps give you more curage when you hold it." She grabbed Marlines hand and put the small stone into it, curling her fingers around the small stone. "It's yours now, keep it with you." She smiled at the little girl. Marline smiled brightly.
"Thank you!" Marline ran out of the room, calling for Tifa. Sky grinned. She grabbed another one of the boxes, many diferent stones gleamed in each box, some were made into jewelry, the rest were just stones, like her mother loved. She grabbed a necklace made of the tiger eye, the little stones around the whole necklace.
I'll need a lot of this. She thought grimly. Sighing, she put it on.
"Sky!" Cloud called. She ran down, and stopped infront of Cloud.
"Yes?" She asked, her head tilted.
"Vincent and I want to find out how much you know about fighting, then Tifa's taking you shopping." Sky nodded.
"Okay."
"Now, get ready." She and Cloud both dropped into fighting stances. Cloud struck out at her, and she blocked. They did the same thing for about a half an hour before Cloud had desided that it was time to stop.
"Okay, you have good defencive skills. Now," he said, raising his hand. "show me how hard you can punch." Sky nodded, balling her fist tightly, she hit Clouds hand, jerking it back almost a foot. "Pretty strong. Okay, go get Tifa."
"Tifa!" Sky called, running upstairs.
"She's very obediant." Vincent remarked.
"Make's you wonder what happened to her." Right then, Tifa and Sky came down.
"Sorry, but I can't take her, I have to go visit Yuffie, before she drives Cid even madder." She ran out the door. Cloud, Vincent and Sky looked at each other.
"So, does this mean no shopping?" Sky asked, her voice disapointed. Vincent watched her for a second.
"Cloud and I will take you." Sky smiled.
"Thanks!" She hugged both of them, to their shock. She jumped back quickly. "Sorry. I shouldn't have done that." Vincent nodded.
"Come, let's go." Cloud said. Sky grinned. They left their weapons at Seventh Heaven, going into the closest clothes store. Sky stopped and looked at jeans and T-shirts mostly. She picked out three pairs of dark, but fasinable, jeans, two T-shirts, a black turtalneck, a dark purple skin-tight shirt, and a black mini-skirt.
"Okay, I'm gunna go try these on. I'll be right back." Sky ran into the changing room. She tried on the jeans first, the first two fit her tightly, but not uncomfortably, but the last pair was two sizes too small. The two T-shirts were a little loose, but they were for comfort, so it was okay. The black turtalneck was thin, and comfortable, it showed her figure but it was loose enough for her to move quickly.
She tried on the the dark purple skin-tight shirt, it was flexable and easy to move in. It had no sleeves, and it hugged her so tigtly that every curve she had was shone. She changed back into her black T-shirt and tried on the skirt. Flatening it down, it barely reached the tips of her fingers. She took it off and put her jeans back on, leaving the nonfitting jeans behind.
"Well?" Vincent asked. As responds she threw the clothes at him and went into another isle. They followed, but stopped when she had went down the undergarments isle. She came back about three minutes later, holding a bra, a black belt and a package of underwear, heading for the cashregaster when she had the items in her hands.
"That will be sixty-four gil." the woman informed once everything had been rung up. Sky reached into her pocket and counted the gil. She only had fourty gil.
"Cloud, can I burrow twenty four gil please?" Cloud looked at her for a second before handing her the needed amount.
"Have a good day." the woman said snotily as they left.
"Thanks Cloud! Thanks Vincent!" Sky said, smiling at them. They nodded. They got back to Seventh Heaven pretty fast.
"Cloud! Sky! Mr. Vincent!" They heard when they got back, Marline had a babysitter there, who left when the three walked in the door.
"Hi Marline!" Sky said, a huge smile on her face."Hey, I'll play once I've changed clothes, okay?"
"Okay." The little girl sat down and waited while Sky changed. When she had come back down, Vincent had looked up from the conversation with Cloud he was having. She was wearing the black mini-skirt with the belt so she could wear her weapon, and the dark purple skin-tight shirt. His eyes widened in shock.
Wow, now there is no way you can say she isn't a good looking female. Chaos taunted him.
Shut up. Vincent growled, but didn't disagree.
"What do you guys think?" Sky asked, twirling a little.
"You look good." Vincent said. Cloud nodded in agreement.
"Thanks." She went over and played with Marline. At eight thirty Sky made dinner and at nine o'clock Marline went to bed. Cloud heard the door open and looked to see Reno and Rude in the door.
"We heard you had a girl with white hair hanging around." Reno said.
"No." Just then, Sky decided to come downstairs.
"Hey, Cloud, can I-" She cut off, looking at Reno and Rude, a curious expression on her face.
"If you would hand her over, we'll be on our way." Rude said, pulling on his glove. Sky's eyes widened in shock as she looked at the men by the door, then Vincent and Cloud.
"Whu-what?" She asked, scared. Cloud glared at the men.
"No, just go away." he said in an even voice. Reno shook his head and grabbed his electric rod, ready to attack. Sky clenched her fists and grabbed her sword, changing it almost instaintly into a gun. It was aimed right inbetwen Reno's eyes.
"Leave me alone." her voice was set in a growl, her eyes blazing with a new light. Reno made to move, but when her finger tensed on the trigger, he stopped moving. "Just leave, and I won't shoot." her eyes narrowed dangeriously. Reno looked from Rude, to her and back.
"Fine." He backed up, puting the rod away. Her weapon stayed up, waiting. Rude looked at her from behind his sunglasses. Finally Reno followed Rude out of the building. Once they left, Sky was back to normal, looking from the gun to the door a few times.
"I thought you said you didn't know how to use that." Vincent said, looking at her and evaluating her.
"I don't, I don't even know if there are bullets in this thing, I don't know what happened ether." She shrugged, putting the weapon away.
"I don't think it's safe here, now that they know where you are." Vincent said. "They probably will come back to get you when everyone is asleep."
"How would you know?" Sky asked, mouth dry.
"I used to be a Turk, like them." He watched her eyes widen, half in fear and shock. "I'm not anymore."
"Maybe she could live with you, because I agree, they may try to get her tonight." Cloud said, watching the door. Chaos was cheering in Vincents head.
"Maybe." Vincent said, looking at her. "Okay, Sky, get your things, we're leaving." Sky didn't argue, like they had intended from her face, but obediantly went and grabbed the few items she had.
"She's almost too obediant, almost like she has no thought of her own." Cloud mumbled. A minute later, Sky came down, her items packed into her trenchcoat. She walked over and stood by Vincent.
"Later Cloud." She said when Vincent started for the door. He nodded and mumbled a "Bye." as the door closed. Vincent moved swiftly enough for her to be having a hard time keeping up. She was top in her pysical education class, so her endurence was high, but still, Vincent was fast. Without warning, Vincent stopped and turned, making her bump into him and blush.
"I will need to carry you if we want to get there quickly." He said, studying her face. Sky bit her lip out of habbit and barely stopped herself from swearing at her own stupidity. She licked at the blood and nodded. He grabbed her and his cloak swirled around them right before darting away. She burried her face in his chest, afraid of the sudden speed. He looked down at her and felt something roar with triumph, but he couldn't tell if it was Chaos, or himself.
What seemed like only a few minutes later for them both, though it was really about an hour, they arrived at the hidden manshion. Sky opened her eyes when Vincent set her down gently. He watched in a sort of happyness as she gapped in awe.
"You live here?" she questioned. He nodded and went into the building, her following close behind.
I love stones and their meanings, so had to add that.